Bunson, Matthew

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about significant people, places, events, and ideas in the history of the Roman Empire, from the period of Julius Caesar and the Gallic Wars to the fall of the empire in the West, and includes cross-references, a time line, maps, and photographs.

Entries include vampires as profiled in television, film, art, literature, religion, and history, and comments on such relevant subjects as detecting and destroying vampires.

An alphabetical listing of the people and events that shaped the Middle Ages from the collapse of the western Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance. Includes information on western Europe as well as societies in Africa, Moorish Spain, the Near East and the Far East.

Covers such subjects as the history of the vampire legend; methods of finding, identifying, and destroying vampires; the origin and meaning of the accepted ways of resisting vampires; the importance of blood in vampiric lore; the role of the vampire bat; and the psychological-medical views on vampirism.

Guide covering important personalities, terms, and sites that played a part in Roman evolution from the period of Julius Caesar to the fall of the Empire in the west in 476 A.D. and includes a timeline of the major events of the era.

A complete guide to the life and times of the famous sleuth and all the stories, films, characters, and clues in the Canon. Includes a profile of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.